Beijing has further ratcheted up its rhetoric against a new U.S. policy to curb the use of Chinese advanced chips and explicitly threatened to invoke Chinese laws, including the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, in retaliation. While details of enforcement remain unclear on both sides, this direct policy clash is poised

China's Ministry of Commerce recently published the final ruling in its anti-dumping investigation on POM copolymers from the U.S., EU, Japan and Taiwan. The decision follows a year-long investigation and finds that these products have been dumped, with the reasoning focusing in particular on the "non-market

Barely a week after high-level trade talks in Geneva aimed at easing bilateral tensions, tensions over export controls have risen. China has sharply criticized new U.S. guidance tightening export controls on Chinese chips, and has initiated the mechanism created by the bilateral talks to address the issue. This could

Last week, the Delegation of the European Union to China hosted a conference in Beijing, titled "Encouraging Balance, Upholding Commitments, Embracing Responsibilities," "to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the EU and China."

In a recent development, the U.S. Department of Commerce rescinded the Biden-era AI Diffusion Rule, and announced new guidance to tighten chip-related export controls related to China.

While the Chinese government and the Trump administration have recently tried to cool down trade tensions, tariffs on U.S. agricultural products are still in effect, and Beijing's efforts to secure alternative sources continue.

As part of the trade war truce between the U.S. and China, Beijing has announced a temporary suspension of key retaliatory measures targeting American companies.